For this project we used World Bank Data, which provides data on many different economic indicators for all countries. We sought to look at the relationships between variables for several countries and regions, to provide our audience with some simple takeaways.

These two choropleth maps look at the life expectancy and GDP for countries in Asia relative to each other. Making the maps for these two variables provides economic insight in the fact that it allows the viewer to make any connections or relationships between the two variables visually.

This visual provides annual net inflows (1990-2019) for some prominent countries around the world:

The following two plots provide information on the relationship between FDI and the overall GDP for the US and Brazil. Brazil is included here due to its apparent reliance on FDI – making up much of the GDP.

Brazil

Here, FDI fluctuation is scaled to closely match the approximate range of the GDP annual growth. This can inform as to the relationship between the FDI and GDP. The GDP change appears to conservatively trace the FDI – somewhat predictably – however still interesting to visualize.

The following visuals show FDI fluctuation scaled to closely match the approximate range of the percent change in employment in some of the larger sectors in the economy. These visualizations provide information as to which sectors are closely aligned with FDI. For instance, the agriculture sector seems to be closely aligned with foreign direct investment whereas jobs in services have near no connection.